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The Healthcare Technology team at Omdia has reviewed several of the core medical device markets to understand how the pandemic is changing purchasing and affecting demand at a time of critical decision-making. The team’s expertise has been garnered to provide an update on the key medical imaging and clinical care markets to serve as a guide for the healthcare industry during a time of uncertainty.

As the daily toll of those sickened from the coronavirus continues to rise across the globe, an acute shortage of ventilators is prompting a desperate search for the critically needed machines, prompting government-led initiatives as well as private-sector partnerships to come up with new ventilator solutions.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) had to cancel its annual health IT conference due to growing concern over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which was quickly becoming a pandemic. This marked the first time in nearly sixty years that the conference has been cancelled and as we have seen since, not only has every other conference been canceled or postponed, but entire cities are now under quarantine. To salvage as much of the conference as possible, many of the scheduled on-site meetings carried on remotely. During the meetings vendors highlighted technology that could potentially ease the strain for which many healthcare systems are now experiencing, a few examples are included in this insight.

The global market for radiotherapy and proton therapy equipment will continue to grow given the need to deploy more cancer equipment to battle the disease in the years to come, new research at Omdia shows.

After three-and-a-half years of long and often tedious negotiations, the UK finally left the EU on January 31. Despite the official exit date, a long road is ahead for all parties to come to agreement on the official terms of the exit, due by the end of this year, on Dec. 31. During this 11-month period, the UK will continue to follow all EU rules, and its trading relationship will remain the same. It is also during this time that many agreements likely to affect the healthcare market will be negotiated.
The Healthcare Technology team at Omdia discusses what has happened over the last few years and what is likely to occur in the next few years.

IHS Markit (now a part of Informa Tech) speaks with Dr. Matt Deng, Chief Scientist and Director of Infervision North America, about the company’s targeted AI which has already been used in 10,000 coronavirus cases.

The healthcare technology team at IHS Markit have summarized the key themes at RSNA 2019 including augmented reality, robotics in surgery, artificial intelligence and a summary of the product launches and highlights across ultrasound, MRI, CT and X-ray.

Although the year 2020 has only just begun, it is gearing up to be a monumental year for politics in the United States. From the impeachment trial of President Trump in January and February, to the Democratic Party primaries spanning from February to July, and the presidential election in November, the 2020 agenda is jam-packed. Events throughout the year could have lasting repercussions on the political and economic landscape of the country, nearing the top of the list of Americans concerns is healthcare policy.

The IHS Markit Healthcare Technology team recently attended the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2019 meeting in Chicago in December. The general buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) was still very prominent at the show, with vendors showcasing AI integrated software algorithms that promise to reap the rewards to those that invest. This insight provides an overview of the core AI trends witnessed at show, and what 2020 has in store for AI in medical imaging.

It is clear that the application of AI within healthcare is here to stay. Part of the AI research Omdia been conducting over the last two years has been focused on machines developed primarily for medical diagnostics and drug discovery, with our most recent reporting now covering more than $8 billion in venture funding for 363 machines and counting...

From October 27 through October 30, 2019, IHS Markit Technology (now part of Informa Tech), will be at the annual HLTH conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. As last year, the focus of this forum will be to “create” the future of health. More than 2700 companies, from various sectors and industries, public and private, national and international will join forces on tackling one of the most important topics of the 21st century.

The Annual Conference on Machine Intelligence in Medical Imaging (C-MIMI) brought researchers, clinicians, and industry experts together to discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI) for radiology applications. Dozens of scientists presented their research on the latest machine learning algorithms, clinical applications, and datasets during the two-day conference. Radiologists in the audience asked several challenging questions of the researchers, many of which revolved around a central theme: How can AI solutions provide real value to clinicians today?

The Critical Care system will pave the way for many more AI embedded (edge inference) and powered X-ray devices to enable more accurate and timely diagnosis for critical conditions, relieving the burden radiologists are facing with increasing patient caseloads.

This tradeshow summary discusses the main themes and topics at the HIMSS Europe and Health 2.0 2019 conference in Helsinki, Finland, which took place on June 11-13, 2019. In addition, key insights are drawn based on vendor meetings, keynote presentations and scientific sessions at the show.